Warning: Swine Flu Shot Linked to Killer Nerve Disease
Source: Mercola.com
A warning that the swine flu vaccine has been linked
to a deadly nerve disease has been sent by the UK
Government to senior neurologists in a confidential
letter.
The letter from the Health Protection Agency, the
official body that oversees public health, was leaked
to The Daily Mail, leading to demands to know why
the information has not been given to the public before
the vaccination of millions of people, including children,
begins.
It tells the neurologists that they must be alert
for an increase in a brain disorder called Guillain-Barre
Syndrome (GBS), which could be triggered by the vaccine.
GBS attacks the lining of the nerves, causing paralysis
and inability to breathe, and can be fatal.
The letter refers to the use of a similar swine flu vaccine in the United States in 1976 when:
- More people died from the vaccination than from swine flu
- The vaccine may have increased the risk of contracting GBS by eight times
- The vaccine was withdrawn after just ten weeks when the link with GBS became clear
- The U.S. Government was forced to pay out millions of dollars to those affected
Concerns have already been raised that the new vaccine
has not been sufficiently tested and that the effects,
especially on children, are unknown.
Sources: The Daily Mail August 15, 2009
Dr. Mercola's Comments:
As mentioned in this article, the 1976 swine flu vaccine
campaign caused more harm than good, and there are
indications that the current campaign may end up being
a devastating repeat or worse.
At that time, one person died from the actual swine
flu, while 25 people died from adverse reactions to
the vaccine, and several hundred people developed
crippling Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
According to The Daily Mail, the British Health Protection
Agency sent letters to 600 neurologists on July 29th,
warning them to be on the lookout for cases of Guillain-
Barré Syndrome once the swine flu vaccine campaign
begins.
Why the warning was not sent out to general practitioners,
who will be administering the shot, seems an odd choice
if public safety is indeed the main concern.
This confidential correspondence between the British
public health agency and neurologists in the U.K.
is the first clue that all is probably not well with
this fast-tracked pandemic vaccine.
Are You Willing to Let Them Experiment on Your Child?
According to a recent report from CNN, the U.S. is
set to receive as many as 600 million doses of swine
flu vaccine, enough for 300 million Americans.
Based on the recommendations from the World Health
Organization’s (WHO) advisory group on immunization
matters, the top priority groups that stand to receive
the vaccine first include:
- Pregnant women
- Children over the age of 6 months with chronic health conditions
- Adults with chronic health conditions such as chronic respiratory disease, asthma, or obesity
- Health care workers
However, pregnant women, children, and those whose
immune systems are already compromised are also at
even greater risk to suffer severe side effects from
the vaccine, as the adjuvants in the vaccine are designed
to reduce your immune function.
Barbara Loe Fisher of the National Vaccine Information
Center (NVIC) recently warned about the campaign underway
to turn schools into virtual vaccination clinics.
In many U.S. states, school has already started, so
the decision of whether or not to vaccinate your child
may become an issue you’ll have to deal with in the
coming weeks.
Swine Flu Drug of Choice Causes Side Effects in Half of All Children
In the U.K. the hysteria over swine
flu led to flu drugs being offered online, without
a doctor’s prescription. This is incomprehensible,
considering their risk. Just a couple of weeks ago
I reported on brand new study findings that the swine
flu drug of choice, Tamiflu, caused one or more side
effects in OVER HALF of all children who received
it!
Side effects included:
- Nausea – 29 percent
- Stomach pain or cramps – 20 percent
- Neuropsychiatric side effects including inability to think clearly, nightmares, and “strange behavior” – nearly 20 percent
- Sleep problems – 12 percent
The British Medical Association’s lead expert on swine
flu went on the record stating that Tamiflu is now
being overused.
Keep in mind that, although the swine flu has spread
across the world it appears to have decreased in severity.
The vast majority of cases are very mild, requiring
only a few days in bed.
In fact, the regular seasonal flu is still far worse, and more deadly, than the swine flu.
How Vaccines Can Cause so Much Harm
The intended effect of a vaccination
is to help you build immunity to a potentially harmful
organism. However, your body’s immune system is already
designed to do this in response to organisms that
invade your body naturally.
Most disease-causing organisms enter your body through
the mucous membranes of your nose, mouth, pulmonary
system or your digestive tract. These mucous membranes
have their own immune system, called the IgA immune
system, which fights off invading organisms at the
point of entry, reducing or even eliminating the need
for activation of your body’s immune system.
A vaccination, however, delivers either live or attenuated
(dead) viruses directly into your tissues and blood
stream through injection, completely bypassing your
body’s first line of defense. And when combined with
an immune adjuvant, your body’s immune system kicks
into high gear in response to the vaccination. If
your immune system is too weak to deal with the assault,
severe side effects can occur.
Injecting organisms into your body to provoke immunity
is contrary to nature, and vaccination carries enormous
potential to do serious damage to your health.
To emphasize this point further, when ingested, the
vaccine adjuvant squalene is actually recognized by
your immune system as an oil molecule native to your
body. It has antioxidant properties and is found throughout
your nervous system and brain.
The difference between “good” and “bad” squalene is
the route by which it enters your body. Injection
is an abnormal route of entry which incites your immune
system to attack all the squalene in your body, not
just the vaccine adjuvant.
As a result, your immune system will attempt to destroy
the molecule wherever it finds it, including in places
where it occurs naturally, and where it is vital to
the health of your nervous system.
For more information about squalene, and the hazards
it poses when included in flu shots, please review
my recent special report on the topic, if you have
not already done so.
Is Silver a Good Choice for the Swine Flu?
While I believe colloidal silver
does have some merit, there may be significant problems
in using it for swine flu. We were initially going
to carry one of the finest silver products in our
store, but I recently learned of new information that
changed my mind.
While silver will likely work to kill the swine flu
virus, in many healthy individuals it is likely to
elicit a severe cytokine storm reaction. This is basically
a severe allergic inflammatory reaction that can occur
in your lungs, and could be fatal.
Additionally, silver is a heavy metal and there is
no need for it in your body. So when used acutely
it may have benefit, but in the long run you will
need to eliminate the silver ions in your body with
some type of detoxification process.
I am currently consulting with some of the leading
experts on a swine flu product that I hope to have
by the end of the year that will use completely natural
ingredients that build your immune system, and will
not result in a potentially fatal cytokine storm.
In the Meantime Consider Vitamin D as it Prevents Seasonal Flu
Just last week I reported on Canada’s
decision to investigate the role of vitamin D in protection
against the swine flu. This is great, but there are
already overwhelming evidence showing that your vitamin
D levels play a significant role in your likelihood
of getting the flu.
Vitamin D has been a hot research topic these past
few years, and has been shown to have remarkable impact
on nearly every single disease studied.
Here is a list of four studies published this year,
showing an inverse association between respiratory
tract infections and 25(OH)D levels. That is, the
higher your vitamin D level, the lower your risk of
contracting colds, flu, and other respiratory tract
infections:
- A 2007 study suggests higher vitamin D status
enhances your immunity to microbial infections.
They found that subjects with vitamin D deficiency
had significantly more days of absence from work
due to respiratory infection than did control
subjects.
- A 2009 study on vitamin D deficiency in newborns
with acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI)
confirmed a strong, positive correlation between
newborns’ and mother’s vitamin D levels. Over
87 percent of all newborns and over 67 percent
of all mothers had vitamin D levels lower than
20 ng/ml, which is a severe deficiency state.
Newborns with vitamin D deficiency appear to have
an increased risk of developing ALRI, and since
the child’s vitamin D level strongly correlates
with its mother’s, the researchers recommend that
all mothers’ optimize their vitamin D levels during
pregnancy, especially in the winter months, to
safeguard their baby’s health.
- A 2009 analysis of the Third National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey examined the
association between vitamin D levels and recent
upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) in nearly
19,000 subjects over the age of 12.
Recent URTI was reported by:
- 17 percent of participants with vitamin
D levels of 30 ng/ml or higher
- 20 percent of participants with vitamin
D levels between 10-30 ng/ml.
- 24 percent of participants with vitamin
D levels below 10 ng/ml
The positive correlation between lower vitamin
D levels and increased risk of URTI was even stronger
in individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease.
- Another 2009 report in the journal Pediatric
Research stated that infants and children appear
more susceptible to viral rather than bacterial
infections when deficient in vitamin D. And that,
based on the available evidence showing a strong
connection between vitamin D, infections, and
immune function in children, vitamin D supplementation
may be a valuable therapy in pediatric medicine.
Granted, so far none of the research has focused
on vitamin D’s impact on pandemic flu. If your body
has never been exposed to the antigens there is
chance that vitamin D might not be enough.
However, there’s no evidence suggesting that vitamin
D supplementation would cause you any harm or make
your illness any worse.
On the contrary, if you are coming down with flu-like
symptoms and have not supplemented with vitamin D,
Dr. Cannell, one of the world’s leading vitamin D
experts, recommends taking 50,000 IU’s a day for three
days to treat the acute infection.
Some researchers, including Dr. Cannell, believe the
dose could even be as high as 1,000 units per pound
of body weight for three days.
Ultimately, your best bet is to maintain healthy levels
of vitamin D around 60 ng/ml year-round. Please note
that this is far higher than most doctors will refer
to as “normal.” Rather it is the optimal level you’ll
want to maintain for disease prevention.
I strongly recommend you watch my one-hour free vitamin
D lecture along with my video on vitamin D’s role
in flu prevention for more in-depth information about
vitamin D’s role in flu prevention.
Taking care of your health to reduce or eliminate
your risk of contracting the flu is always going to
be your safest bet. In addition to optimizing your
vitamin D levels, this past article details my other
recommendations for avoiding the flu naturally, and
I strongly urge you to start incorporating these changes
into your life today.
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